National Association of Ticketing Professionals

The NATP promotes the highest-level standards for the ticketing industry, ensuring free marketplace enterprise and consumer protections. Formerly, the NATB.

[The Kansas City Star @KCStar]

Kansas City World Cup ticketing is a mess. Here’s how not to get scammed | Opinion https://t.co/BM6HPuYz8a

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Looking for tickets to this summer’s World Cup? The NATP is spreading awareness on safe practices for fans when purchasing tickets for the big games.

NATP’s Gary Adler outlined the DOs and DON’Ts for World Cup resale in the @KCStar: https://t.co/HsffELdBKe

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The secondary market ensures fans pay the true market price and get the best seats available. NATP members are the verified professionals who make this transparent, ethical marketplace possible, advocating for consumer choice over rigid, fixed pricing models.

[Protect Ticket Rights @ticket_rights]

PGA Championship tickets were selling below "face value" on the secondary market earlier this week, and there are still low-priced deals for Sunday. These real-time, market-influenced price corrections offer fans the greatest price transparency, affirming that true value is measured in market demand, not an arbitrary “face value”.

What’s more, the secondary market has allowed for great deals for last-minute buyers and made sure no spots go empty at one of golf’s biggest events.
Read more: https://t.co/T9X66jkEhq

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The 2026 NFL Schedule is here, and the demand for high-profile matchups is high.

A healthy secondary market is helping to meet that demand and making sure fans have the best ticketing experience while making their big-game plans for the fall. 🏈

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[TicketNews @TicketNews]

The National Association of Ticket Brokers has rebranded as the National Association of Ticketing Professionals; the organization says its new NATP identity better aligns with its mission to support a fair, competitive secondary market as ticketing monopolies face growing scrutiny. https://t.co/qaXEKvUcZp

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We're proud to announce an evolution of our identity. This is more than just a name change; it's a strategic realignment for a new era.

Read more about how the NATP will continue to be a trusted leader in ticketing in our latest article below.

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📢 Introducing the National Association of Ticketing Professionals (NATP)!

Formerly NATB, we remain committed to advocating for transparency, transferability, and fairness in the ticketing industry.

We set high industry standards because we believe everyone deserves a seat.

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Consumers are best served when they have viable professional resale options for
tickets. The secondary market has allowed millions of fans to benefit from a space where lawful ticket professionals compete on service and price to expand consumer options.

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The court decision was a strong first step, but as an industry, we need to continue putting thoughtful policies in place to protect fans and champion the consumer experience in ticketing and live entertainment.

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Past the structural change needed to address Live Nation’s monopoly, there are additional remedies our organization knows will benefit fans, like the universal authentication of tickets, zero-delay delivery, and platform-agnostic transfer.

[Protect Ticket Rights @ticket_rights]

Last week, The Daily devoted an entire episode to breaking down Live Nation’s illegal monopoly and the jury’s monumental antitrust decision in their case.

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33 State Attorneys General, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Rolling Stone, and most importantly, the people agree: Live Nation hurts fans trying to buy tickets, and the judge must ensure the remedies enact structural change.

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A jury has declared that Live Nation has violated antitrust law. This is a win for fans of live entertainment and overall ticket fairness.

As advocates for ticket rights and allies of consumers, we are glad to see bad actors be held accountable for their manipulation and will continue to work for free and fair ticketing markets.

Learn more about the verdict here: https://t.co/Aji5G58LW9

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The verdict in Live Nation’s antitrust trial is a massive win for every fan and ticket buyer in the USA, but the next phase to decide the long-term changes to their monopoly is just as important.

The next phase of this trial is critical. The judge will decide how to punish Live Nation for their violation of antitrust law.

We need to see real, structural change from the illegal and monopolistic behaviors–change that will truly open the ticketing market and provide fairness for fans buying tickets.

#LiveNation #Ticket #Fairness #FreeMarket #Fans #ConsumerProtection

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With more than 30 State Attorneys General leading the charge against Live Nation’s illegal monopoly, the jury delivered a swift and unanimous guilty verdict. They agreed with the State Attorneys General and the US DOJ: Live Nation is a monopoly.

Their verdict is a clear mandate to protect the live events industry, especially the fans, from the market manipulators at Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

It is a mandate to ensure Live Nation can no longer eliminate small business competitors from the market.

It is a mandate to prevent Ticketmaster from artificially inflating prices.

It’s a mandate to enact structural change to the monopoly that controls over three-quarters of the ticket market.

#LiveNation #Ticket #Fairness #FreeMarket #Fans #ConsumerProtection

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Following the jury’s verdict in Live Nation’s antitrust trial, we release the following statement:

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Subject to Australia’s resale caps, the NFL’s Melbourne Game is showing how resale caps don’t benefit fans at all when “pricing pressure is already strongest at the point of first sale”. The caps eliminate the secondary market, shielding primary sellers from competition.

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We’re seeing how price caps do not actually lower prices for customers as fans prepare to buy tickets for the NFL’s Melbourne Game, where seats in the last row in the stadium are being sold for sky-high prices.

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[Protect Ticket Rights @ticket_rights]

The Ontario government is looking to impose a price cap on tickets in the name of protecting fans. In a price-capped market, resale does not go away. Price caps do not remove demand. They just make purchasing tickets more dangerous for fans.

Data shows that with price caps, fraud rates can reach rates of roughly 13%.

That fraud rate, measured by Bradshaw Advisory in price-capped Ireland and Victoria, Australia, is nearly FOUR TIMES higher than the fraud rate of the uncapped UK.

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The NATB pioneered the 200% fan guarantee. THAT is the type of regulation that helps fans. Not price caps. With price caps, that goes away, but the demand does not, and you're left with a black market.

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Price caps don’t protect fans; they force them into unregulated black markets for tickets where fraud runs rampant. We need to ensure fans can engage with trusted professionals wherever they choose to buy and sell tickets. Our Ontario customers agree, price caps cause harm:

[Protect Ticket Rights @ticket_rights]

The Ontario government is looking to impose a price cap on tickets in the name of protecting fans. In a price-capped market, resale does not go away. Price caps do not remove demand. They just make purchasing tickets more dangerous for fans.

Data shows that with price caps, fraud rates can reach rates of roughly 13%.

That fraud rate, measured by Bradshaw Advisory in price-capped Ireland and Victoria, Australia, is nearly FOUR TIMES higher than the fraud rate of the uncapped UK.

https://t.co/FisMC0TvXv

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Ticket professionals allow fans the freedom to avoid high-pressure on-sales, the opportunity to buy from a reliable source, and the chance to find incredible deals below face value when demand shifts for their favorite events.